Andrew Tilghman

The Iraqi army suffered minimal casualties in the battle for Ramadi as most of the Islamic State fighters defending the city fled to surrounding areas or were killed in U.S. airstrikes, a U.S. defense official said.

In many ways, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is like any of America’s 10 carriers.

The Iraqi army used an “improved ribbon bridge” provided by the U.S. military that allows Iraqi infantry units to cross the Tharthar Canal and move vehicles and combat equipment into the dense urban areas that Islamic State militants have controlled since May.

Afghanistan’s Air Force will be getting its first block of fixed-wing aircraft in early 2016.

Islamic State group militants are gaining a foothold in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, causing concern among U.S. commanders.

Planning for the future battle of Mosul got a boost Thursday when Defense Secretary Ash Carter agreed to give the Kurdish Peshmerga two brigade-size equipment sets to help them lead that fight.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter traveled to Baghdad Wednesday with an offer to deploy more American troops and new attack helicopters to help the Iraq Army defeat the Islamic State –  but the Iraqi’s are passing up that offer for now

The number of U.S. troops deployed to once-obscure Incirlik Air Base in Turkey has nearly doubled since the summer.

The IS fight is likely to remain the center of attention for months to come but that it’s unlikely to expand into a all-out ground war where U.S. soldiers and Marines are slugging it out with militants.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter set off on a trip to the Middle East to talk to U.S. military commanders about new ways to intensify the war against the Islamic State group, including more American ground troops if needed.